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Jasper County, Iowa

1870 Mortality Schedule

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Persons Who Died During the Year Ending 1st of June 1870
(Note: # of family means the number of the family as listed in the regular Federal Census Schedule)

Clear Creek Township
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Surname             Given Name    Age      Sex     Married?  Born      Parents Foreign Born?   Occupation        Death Date  Cause of Death                             Family#
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Emery               Solomon       1/12     male              IA        .                       .                 Apr 1870    inflamation of brain                       15
Thompson            Frank         12       male              IL        .                       .                 Mar 1870    congestive chills                          42
Wilcox              Mary          26       female            WI        .                       .                 June 1869   pneumonia                                  69
Bittner             Harriett      35       female  married   PA        .                       keeps house       Mar 1870    uterine tumor                              112
Bittner             Harriett      3 days   female            IA        .                       .                 Mar 1870    deficient vitality                         112
Rodgers             Estella P.    11 days  female            IA        .                       .                 May 1870    diptheria                                  158
Besett              John          63       male    married   TN        father and mother       farmer            May 1870    dropsey of chest                           164
Morrison            Viola         1        female            IA        .                       .                 Feb 1870    pneumonia                                  185
Gardner             Clayton R.    27       male    married   OH        father                  farmer            Apr 1870    dialetus                                   196


Des Moines Township
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Surname             Given Name    Age      Sex     Married?  Born      Parents Foreign Born?   Occupation        Death Date  Cause of Death                             Family#
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Anderson            John          55       male    married   Ire.      father and mother       brick mason       July 1869   bursting of anvil on 4th of July           107
McCounal            Malinda       24       female            IN        .                       keeping house     Mar 1870    lung fever                                 153
Kellogg             Chas.         64       male    widowed   VT        .                       farmer            Aug 1869    .                                          248
Grundy or Gundy                                                        .                       .                 .           .                                          264
      Remarks: No more information on schedule
Brown               Mary          43       female  married   T___      .                       keeps house       Oct 1869    consumption                                293
Whorton or Whosten  Jennie        1        female            IA        .                       .                 May 1870    cholera infantum                           385


Fairview Township
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Surname             Given Name    Age      Sex     Married?  Born      Parents Foreign Born?   Occupation        Death Date  Cause of Death                             Family#
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Coder               Benett        1        male              IA        .                       .                 May 1870    hooping cough                              7
Fleanor             James         24       male    married   IA        .                       farmer            May 1870    ran over by RR locomotive                  11
Buckhalter          Jane          66       female  married   KY        .                       kept house        Oct 1869    difficulty of purate (or private) nolinor  17
Robinson            Elizabeth     50       female  married   KY        .                       kept house        Feb 1870    palsy                                      101
Templeton           John          67       male    married   PA        .                       farmer            Jan 1870    spine disease                              182
Hall                Chas. W.      3        male              IA        .                       .                 Feb 1870    lung fever                                 240


Hickory Grove Township
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Surname             Given Name    Age      Sex     Married?  Born      Parents Foreign Born?   Occupation        Death Date  Cause of Death                             Family#
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Brown               Sarah         22       female            IN        .                       housekeeper       June 1869   typhus fever                               8
Davis               Charles       2/12     male              IA        .                       .                 May 1870    hooping cough                              41


Richland Township
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Surname             Given Name    Age      Sex     Married?  Born      Parents Foreign Born?   Occupation        Death Date  Cause of Death                             Family#
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Burrows             William       18       male              IN        .                       carpenter         date ?      of drowning                                77
Hate                Thomas A.     6/12     male              IL        .                       .                 Apr 1870    lung fever                                 87
Poots               James         13       male              OH        father                  .                 May 1870    typhoid fever                              106


Elk Creek Township
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Surname             Given Name    Age      Sex     Married?  Born      Parents Foreign Born?   Occupation        Death Date  Cause of Death                             Family#
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Efnor               Henry E.      7        male              IA        .                       .                 .           typhoid fever                              23
Lufkins             William F.    5/12     male              IA        .                       .                 .           cause of death unknown                     37


Kellogg Township
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Surname             Given Name    Age      Sex     Married?  Born      Parents Foreign Born?   Occupation        Death Date  Cause of Death                             Family#
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Hammer              Mary E.       36       female  married   OH        .                       keeping house     May 1870    neglect in confinement                     18
Welty               Rebecca       35       female  married   OH        .                       keeping house     June 1869   consumption                                223
Ellis               Edwin         1        male              IA        .                       .                 Sep 1869    roseola                                    112
Fleuver             Nancy         33       female  married   IN        .                       keeping house     Nov 1869    consumption                                137
Sinnard             Eldora        1        female            IA        .                       .                 Aug 1869    roseola                                    141
Pelham              Belinda       51       female  widowed   IL        .                       keeping house     May 1870    heart disease                              197
Blanton             Josephine     7/12     female            IA        father                  .                 Jul 1869    brane fever                                265
Russell             Charles       37       male              NY        .                       carpenter         May 1870    consumption                                171
Kanaky              Henry         9/12     male              IA        father and mother       .                 June 1869   brane fever                                267
Baley               Mary          2        female            Prussia   father and mother       .                 Aug 1869    brane fever                                268
Patten              W. T.         31       male    married   OH        .                       harness maker     Dec 1869    typhoid fever                              172
Giffens or Gibbens  Ester         6/12     female            IA        .                       .                 Dec 1869    inflamation of bowels                      174
Collens             Anna          70       female  widowed   Ireland   father and mother       keeping house     Mar 1870    heart disease                              257
Kerr or Kess        Anna          5        female            Holstine  father and mother       .                 Aug 1869    brane fever                                272
Ballard             Augusta       25       female            OH        .                       .at home          Aug 1869    bilious fever                              283
Jacobs              Sally J       1/12     female            IA        .                       .                 Dec 1869    congestion of brane                        2
Shaw                Eely          9/12     male              IA        .                       .                 Nov 1869    spasmodic affection                        52
Morris              Ami C.        9/12     male              IA        .                       .                 Feb 1870    lung fever                                 61
Seagler             Mary          10       female            NY        father and mother       .                 Oct 1869    tracipalus 				.
Hammet              Burtrim       1/12     male              IA                                .                 Apr 1870    premature birth, 7-month child             1


Lynngrove Township
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Surname             Given Name    Age      Sex     Married?  Born      Parents Foreign Born?   Occupation        Death Date  Cause of Death                             Family#
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Chipman             Mary          38       female  married   VA        .                       keeps house       Oct 1869    dropsey                                    73
Kilduff             Henry         8/12     male              IA        .                       .                 Apr 1870    conjestion of brane                        101
Smith               infant        1/12     male              IA        .                       .                 Jan 1870    smothered in bed                           112
Powel               Relen         1        male              IA        .                       .                 Dec 1869    brane fever                                130
McKitrick           Catharine     70       female  widowed   VA        .                       keeps house       Oct 1869    disease of heart                           137
Mathews             Nancy         56       female  married   Fenasce?  .                       keeps house       Feb 1870    tracifulus                                 160


Mariposa Township
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Surname             Given Name    Age      Sex     Married?  Born      Parents Foreign Born?   Occupation        Death Date  Cause of Death                             Family#
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Lear?               Caroline      36       female  married   PA        .                       keeping house     Mar 1870    consumption                                60
Banghart            Anna          1        female            IA        .                       .                 Sep 1869    flux                                       63
Balmer              William       1/12     male              IA        .                       .                 Feb 1870    neglect at birth                           67


Buena Vista Township
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Surname             Given Name    Age      Sex     Married?  Born      Parents Foreign Born?   Occupation        Death Date  Cause of Death                             Family#
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Burcherd            Reubin        10/12    male              IA        father and mother       .                 Sep 1869    diphtheria                                 24
Blackwood           Emery         4/12     male              IA        .                       .                 Aug 1869    cholera infantum                           66
Blackledg           Hiram         1/12     male              IA        .                       .                 Apr 1870    spasms                                     86
Adamson             John          1/12     male              IA        .                       .                 Nov 1869    scrofula                                   111
Herring             William S.    7        male              IA        .                       .                 June 1869   brain fever                                119
Manker              Amelia A.     30       female  married   OH        .                       .                 Jan 1870    consumption                                182
Manker              Eva A.        10/12    female            IA        .                       .                 Apr 1870    brane fever                                182
Murphy              Roswell       9/12     male              IA        .                       .                 Sep 1869    inflamation of brain                       189


Mound Prairie Township
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Surname             Given Name    Age      Sex     Married?  Born      Parents Foreign Born?   Occupation        Death Date  Cause of Death                             Family#
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Newton              Hoyet?        1        female            IA        .                       .                 May 1870    flux                                       18
Elliott             Sarah         2/12     female            IA        .                       .                 1870        hooping cough                              41
Eukess or Eukers    Mary          3        female            IA        father                  .                 June 1869   dysentry                                   66
Eukers or Eukess    Thos.         1        male              IA        father                  .                 July 1869   flux                                       66
Clark               Arby          64       female  widowed   NJ        .                       kept house        Oct 1869    paralysis                                  115
Ketchie             George        2/12     male              IA        .                       .                 Aug 1869    inflamation of brain                       122
Laps or Saps        Addie         1        female            IL        .                       .                 Oct 1869    darrhea                                    188
Duttons             Elsy          21       female            OH        .                       kept house        May 1870    heart disease                              365


Newton Township
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Surname             Given Name    Age      Sex     Married?  Born      Parents Foreign Born?   Occupation        Death Date  Cause of Death                             Family#
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Harrah              Priscilla     54       female  married   PA        .                       keeping house     Aug 1869    typhoid fever                              19
Russel              Charles P.    40       male    married   MA        father and mother       farmer            Jan 1870    inflamation of lungs                       119
Eastman             Clarence      10       male              IA        father                  .                 Jan 1870    inflamation of lungs                       219
Annis               William L.    16       male              WI        .                       .                 Dec 1869    gun shot wound                             222
Annis               Elmer E.      8        male              IA        .                       .                 Dec 1869    gun shot wound                             222
Jennings            Harriet       47       female  married   PA        .                       keeping house     May 1870    smallpox                                   230
Lyday               Maggie        22       female  married   OH        .                       keeping house     May 1870    consumption                                269
Preston             Warner        72       male    married   VT        .                       farmer            Apr 1870    pneumonia                                  316
Donovan             Ellen         72       female  married   Ireland   father and mother       keeping house     Jan 1870    inflamation of lungs                       344
Thornton            Barabara      87       female   widow    VT        .                       without occupation Jan 1870   old age                                    346
      Remarks: from best information there was no disease preying up on the person.
Beatty              Maryanna      19       female            England   father and mother       without occupation Nov 1869   typhoid fever                              414
Barbee              Josaphine     1        female            IA        .                       .                 Mar 1870    diphtheria                                 417
King                Leanore       3        female            IA        .                       .                 June 1869   whooping cough                             458
Bowker              Josaphine S.  2        female            IA        father                  .                 Aug 1869    paralysis of brain                         463
Channel             George        50       male    married   NH        father                  farmer            July 1869   consumption                                489
Flemming            Alvi          1        male              IA        .                       .                 July 1869   milk sickness                              512
Smith               Luther        5/12     male              IA        .                       .                 Aug 1869    cholera infantum                           523


Palo Alto Township
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Surname             Given Name    Age      Sex     Married?  Born      Parents Foreign Born?   Occupation        Death Date  Cause of Death                             Family#
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Ashly               J. W.         2        male              IA        .                       .                 Jan 1870    congestion of lungs                        5
Roxby               Jeremiah      63       male    married   England   father and mother       coal miner        Jan 1870    dropsy                                     7
Guthrey             George        8/12     male              IA        .                       .                 Feb 1870    diaheria                                   8
Mishuen or Nishuen  Chas.         1/12     male              IA        father and mother       .                 Mar 1870    convultions                                96
Whitaker            Ellen         2        female            IA        father and mother       .                 Feb 1870    scarlet fever                              100
Hixson              Chas.         3/12     male              IA        .                       .                 June 1869   brain fever                                155
Hixson              Jennie        1/12     female            IA        .                       .                 Mar 1870    cause unknown                              155


Poweshiek Township
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Surname             Given Name    Age      Sex     Married?  Born      Parents Foreign Born?   Occupation        Death Date  Cause of Death                             Family#
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Fisher              Christiana    21       female  married   PA        .                       keeping house     Jan 1870    consumption                                29
Williams            Washington    2        male              IA        .                       .                 Aug 1869    cholera infantum                           47
Koontez             Harry A.      1        male              IA        .                       .                 May 1870    inflamation of brain                       58
Moffit              Rachel        62       female            OH        .                       keeping house     Sept 1869   appoplectrics and palsey                   59
Harshman            Elizabeth     6/12     female            IA        .                       .                 Sept 1869   cholera infantum                           69
Swank               Henry A.      12 days  male              IA        .                       .                 May 1870    insufficient vitality                      106
Harris              Sarah         34       female  married   OH        .                       keeping house     Apr 1870    pneumonia                                  123
McQuiston           William       44       male    married   OH        father                  worked on sawmill Dec 1869    pneumonia                                  153
McQuiston           Ella          7/12     female            IA        .                       .                 Feb 1870    pneumonia                                  153
Slavens             Mary G.       1/12     female            IA        .                       .                 June 1869   bronchitus                                 169
Fowler              Hannah E.     4        female            IA        .                       .                 Apr 1870    jaundice                                   175
Lawrence            John          86       male    married   Poland    father and mother       farmer            Jan 1870    dropsey of chest                           185
McKeever            Charles       1        male              IA        .                       .                 Aug 1869    cholera infantum                           189
Tufts               Charles B.    2        male              OH        .                       .                 Sept 1869   inflamation of bowels                      208
Pittcock            Adilphus      9/12     male              OH        .                       .                 Aug 1869    cholera infantum                           223
Condo               John          25       male              IN        .                       Minister of Gospel Mar 1870   consumption                                225


Sherman Township
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Surname             Given Name    Age      Sex     Married?  Born      Parents Foreign Born?   Occupation        Death Date  Cause of Death                             Family#
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Mason               Charles H.    5        male              IA        .                       .                 Aug 1869    hip disease                                13
Hammerly            Millie B.     1        male              IA        father                  .                 Jan 1870    brain fever                                18
Porter              Isaac S.      14       male              IA        .                       .                 Sept 1869   typhoid fever                              58
Scott               James         37       male              PA        .                       farmer            Jan 1870    abscess of hip joint                       93
Germany             Kate          25       female            Prussia   father and mother       without occupation Jan 1870   dropsy.					.


Independence Township
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Surname             Given Name    Age      Sex     Married?  Born      Parents Foreign Born?   Occupation        Death Date  Cause of Death                             Family#
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Holtz               Sarah E.      2        female            IA        .                       .                 Oct 1869    scalding                                   4
      Remarks: Scalded by accidentally falling into a pan of molasses.
Purvis              Margaretta    55       female  widowed   LA        mother                  .                 Apr 1870    epilepsy                                   5
Nelson              Thomas        65       male    married   KY        .                       farmer            Mar 1870    consumption                                18
Belt                Eli C.        1        male              IA        .                       .                 Mar 1870    lung fever                                 25
Thurston            Hiram         9/12     male              IA        .                       .                 Feb 1870    lung fever                                 34
Logsden             Susan         20       female            IA        .                       .                 Feb 1870    poison. (suicide)                          50
Snydar              Sarah F.      2        female            IN        .                       .                 Oct 1869    whooping cough                             53


Washington Township
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Surname             Given Name    Age      Sex     Married?  Born      Parents Foreign Born?   Occupation        Death Date  Cause of Death                             Family#
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Leonard             Fannie        1/12     female            IA        .                       .                 Nov 1869    lung inflamation                           24
Hinton              Milburn       5        female            PA        .                       .                 Feb 1870    diphtheria                                 64
Reid                Maggie        3        female            IA        .                       .                 Sept 1869   brain fever                                68
Hallen              Israel        35       male    married   IA        .                       farmer            Sept 1869   typhoid pneumonia                          52
      Remarks: given name might be Isaac or Issia


Malaka Township
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Surname             Given Name    Age      Sex     Married?  Born      Parents Foreign Born?   Occupation        Death Date  Cause of Death                             Family#
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White               Mary          1        female            IA        father                  .                 Dec 1869    dropsy of brain                            4
Bishop              Miles         42               married   NY        .                       farmer            Apr 1870    abscess of hip                             26
Scott               George        20       male              IA        .                       farmer            Oct 1869    typhoid fever                              110

Compiled by Members of Jasper County Genealogical Society